Zhang Rong (Chinese: 张荣; pinyin: Zhāng Róng; born February 1964 in Huai'an) is a Chinese physicist who has worked in the area of wide band‐gap semiconductor materials and devices.
[1] Zhang joined the Department of Physics, Nanjing University as a student in September 1979 and became a member of the faculty in July 1986[1] and was promoted to professor in March 1995.
He received a named professorship (“Cheung Kong Scholar's Program”) from the Ministry of Education in 2000.
[1] In April 2010, he was reappointed to the standing committee and promoted to Executive Vice President of Nanjing University.
[1] In October 2013, he became President of Shandong University (at a rank equivalent to a vice-minister).